Sometime around 3-4 weeks ago I began having pins and needles in my left pinky by the end of the day.
As time passed it became longer and more numb. Then it progressed to half of my ring finger next to my pinky and the lower 3rd of my palm.
In the last 10 days it's just completely numb and painful at times. Having some burning in my palm and some forearm issues.
It's my ulnar nerve and it's become entrapped somewhere along the nerve route between my tricep down to my wrist.
Making daily life a pain in the ass with any typing, laptop work or much else.
On steroids for a gout flareup but so far no effect on the inflamed and/or entrapped nerve.
Had this happen to my right arm in 1989 when I fractured my elbow. This time it appears that I rolled my arm back and forth across my counter will working on my laptop and somehow got it pinched.
I just visited my regular doctor last Thursday for the gout as well along with blood work.
Refered me to specialist and have to wait 3 1/2 weeks to see him.
Will do. Doc said I should start getting feeling back in a week or two. Couldn't guarantee anything of course. Also said 1-2 months should be all back to normal.
I'm still sitting here 57 minutes after I arrived. I'm falling asleep in the lobby. What a waste to have me arrive an hour early. [Reply]
Surgery was 92 minutes and all went really well. I come out of anesthesia really well. They had me up and out in like 20-25 minutes after I woke up. I waited 1:47 minutes in the lobby after they made me come in 1 hour early. Wasn't too happy about that and no one had a good answer as to why.
Have a soft cast over my left arm starting at my bicep down to half of my fingers.
So many things I can't do now or a huge struggle to complete. Gonna be a challenging two weeks.
Originally Posted by scho63:
Back home and recovery begins.
Surgery was 92 minutes and all went really well. I come out of anesthesia really well. They had me up and out in like 20-25 minutes after I woke up. I waited 1:47 minutes in the lobby after they made me come in 1 hour early. Wasn't too happy about that and no one had a good answer as to why.
Have a soft cast over my left arm starting at my bicep down to half of my fingers.
So many things I can't do now or a huge struggle to complete. Gonna be a challenging two weeks.
lil_momma has has eight surgeries, four on each wrist in the last year. The one you did takes awhile to heal. We are trying to avoid one more. Good luck my brother. [Reply]
Originally Posted by BIG_DADDY:
lil_momma has has eight surgeries, four on each wrist in the last year. The one you did takes awhile to heal. We are trying to avoid one more. Good luck my brother.
Originally Posted by scho63:
Back home and recovery begins.
Surgery was 92 minutes and all went really well. I come out of anesthesia really well. They had me up and out in like 20-25 minutes after I woke up. I waited 1:47 minutes in the lobby after they made me come in 1 hour early. Wasn't too happy about that and no one had a good answer as to why.
Have a soft cast over my left arm starting at my bicep down to half of my fingers.
So many things I can't do now or a huge struggle to complete. Gonna be a challenging two weeks.
Hope it's as good as new. Time to switch batters & give righty a break [Reply]
Good luck man. I'm going in the 19th to have the carpal tunnel surgery and a relocation of my ulnar nerve. Haven't felt much of anything in my pinky or ring finger in about a year now. I don't really care about that since it doesn't hurt, I just want my damn wrists to stop aching all the time.
Doctor said with both surgeries I'm looking at a 6-12 week recovery, and then we'll see how I take to it to do the left arm. [Reply]
Man I got nerve damage in my left thumb. It started 8 or nine years ago right when I was night fishing and got stung by a scorpion. I didn't get any super powers :-) go figure :-) I should have gone to the hospital at 1:30 am but I started get bites and catching fish but my thumb was throbbing and it hurt like hell. I didn't go to the hospital the pain was agonizing but I endured and caught several nice size fish that night. I was in pain pain for a long time but I figured it would go away. The pain dulled I've lived with it ever since and sometimes have a hard time gripping. Fortunately I'm right handed :-) [Reply]
Originally Posted by scho63:
Back home and recovery begins.
Surgery was 92 minutes and all went really well. I come out of anesthesia really well. They had me up and out in like 20-25 minutes after I woke up. I waited 1:47 minutes in the lobby after they made me come in 1 hour early. Wasn't too happy about that and no one had a good answer as to why.
Have a soft cast over my left arm starting at my bicep down to half of my fingers.
So many things I can't do now or a huge struggle to complete. Gonna be a challenging two weeks.
Damn. Is that your FAP hand? Sucks for you. [Reply]
ACTUALLY.....nerve damage in your FAP hand might not be a bad gig. Since you can't feel, it'd be like a total stranger is giving you an upsie-downsie. [Reply]
Originally Posted by rydogg58:
Good luck man. I'm going in the 19th to have the carpal tunnel surgery and a relocation of my ulnar nerve. Haven't felt much of anything in my pinky or ring finger in about a year now. I don't really care about that since it doesn't hurt, I just want my damn wrists to stop aching all the time.
Doctor said with both surgeries I'm looking at a 6-12 week recovery, and then we'll see how I take to it to do the left arm.
Good luck and my little piece of advice is to plan what things you do everyday and how much harder or impossible to do while you have bandages and splints on your left hand. I have a bunchof things I can't do for the next 10-12 days until my splint and soft cast come off. My elbow is stationary. [Reply]
